Girls Global Academy
Minutes
GGA April 2024 Retreat & Board Meeting
Date and Time
Saturday April 27, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Location
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Trustees Present
Andria Wisler, Anita Johnson, Beth Blaufuss, Brian Holden, Karen Dresden, Laura Bartos, Lauren Johannesson-McCoy, Maria Miller, Maureen Colburn, Max Levasseur (remote), Rachel Charles, Shobha George
Trustees Absent
Mary Pendleton
Ex Officio Members Present
Karen Venable-Croft
Non Voting Members Present
Karen Venable-Croft
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
C.
Approve Minutes
D.
Approve Minutes
To be approved at the May meeting
II. Retreat Discussions
A.
Morning sessions
Leadership model framework discussion
- Group and Individual values
- Commitment Concept - energy that drives the collective effort, which requires knowledge of self
- contribution can occur based on how collective shows up
- Completed exercise on Board member contribution and its need from collective-environment that resonates with individuals' hearts and passions
- Suggestion to complete exercise again in September
Brainstorm session for GGA's success in July 2025
Effort and Outcome stories from GGA Management team, which include levers for this progress on strategies
Executive Director and her team to identify key priorities from brainstorm session
Accountability Framework Discussion was facilitated by Anne Herr.
Background information on Annual School Performance Index Report and Evaluation (ASPIRE) was shared.
Decisions on how and when to update charter agreement are pending.
Integrate GGA Board's vision with accountability framework is necessary.
Employee and Student Retention
Board to deliberate on long term strategies and identify strategy-implementation levers for SY24-SY25
Discussion on how best to create goals and communicate on how we thrive as a school, staff and community
To be approved in the May Board meeting